The IAGA, noting the international interest in Antarctica geology because of Antarctica's central position in Gondwanaland, resulting in a large number of geophysical surveys in Antarctica, and noting the success of collaborative efforts in making a map and digital database of magnetic anomalies for the Arctic region, recommends that all countries carrying out research in Antarctica of relevance to geomagnetism cooperate with the IAGA Working Group V.9 subcommittee on magnetic anomalies of the polar regions for the production of a database for a magnetic anomaly map of Antarctica and its surrounding oceans.